Posted on 09/24/2014 5:45:30 PM PDT by Timber Rattler
The U.S. Forest Service is finalizing plans to fine photographers who shoot on federal wild lands without a permit.
Under the measure, still photography and commercial filming in Congress-designated wilderness areas would require a permit, and shoots would also have to be approved and meet certain criteria like not advertising any product or service and being educational.
Permits would cost up to $1,500, even if someone was taking photos or video with their phone, and fines for shooting without a permit could be as high as $1,000, according to the Oregonian. A spokesman for the Forest Service did not immediately return a request for comment.
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I don’t even know where to start with this one. Jeez!!
Odious.
I thought that was why we, the public, paid taxes..
Remember: Real Estate means “Royal Land” not that it is “real” in any sense.
Scum.
Nothing more than another form of taxation. What else?
And presumably, if you record something that they don’t like, they can then retroactively revoke your permit and seize your recording as illegal, thus suppressing whatever it was you recorded.
Wonder what William Henry Jackson paid for his excursion?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Jackson
This reminds me of the scene where Edward G. Robinson is watching a movie of nature scenes, presumably before they disappeared, prior to being euthanized and turned into Soylent Green.
All American taxpayers should demand their cut of these fees. The government “giving back” if you will.
But I thought that land belonged to the people?
revenue generation yet again.
turn legal activity into punishable offenses.
if things are going so well, why the million new ways for govt to legally rob people?
On I270 in MD, just prior to Frederick, there is a scenic overlook that has a sign pointing it out with the Message
“Scenic Overlook....Closed at Dusk”
My response when driving by ‘always’ is
“Does God know that HIS view is closed at dusk”?
That sign has been there at least 15 years....(or longer)
I pass that sign every day, going back and forth to work.
Can’t add much to that. They are supposed to be our lands.
All the Game of the Forest belong to the King.
Your are all now peasants subject to the omnipotent will of your betters.
Apparently in Amerika that also now extends to taking pictures as well.
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